Can Messaging Apps Boost Braces Compliance? A Study on Oral Hygiene in Orthodontic Patients

Effect of using a messaging app on improving oral hygiene and compliance in orthodontic patients: A randomized control study - NIL

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2025/06/088712

Enrollment

Registered

2025-06-12

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-04-27

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: WHATSAPP APPLICATION: WhatsApp app is used since it s already widely available, easy to use, and familiar to most users.Oral hygiene instructions and multimedia content containing demo

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: adolescents or adults of age group 12-26 years admitted for orthodontic treatment having access to a mobile phone orthodontic treatment with fixed appliance and single-phase treatment , non extraction treatment, no previous orthodontic treatment, no chronic usage of analgesic medications, no previous pain-related pathology or disease, Patients with permanent dentition

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: did not use smartphone that could install WhatsApp preferred lingual or invisible bracket less technique. were planned for a multiphase treatment, like combined orthodontic-orthognathic treatment.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The outcome measures of the study were improvements in oral hygiene compliance among orthodontic patients, assessed through plaque index (PI) and gingival index (GI) demonstrating the effectiveness of reminders in enhancing oral hygiene compliance.Timepoint: at baseline(T0) (before bonding),1 month(T1) And 6 months(T2).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
NILTimepoint:	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Veeravalli Sai Sandeep

Manipal college of Dental Sciences

ramya.jathanna@manipal.edu9740842366

Outcome results